admiradavsadmiradoraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: admirada is a participle, admiradora is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“admirada” is a participle and “admiradora” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,164
“admirada” frequency rank
#49,387
“admiradora” frequency rank
90551
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admirada admiradora
Definition Forma del femenino de admirado, participio de admirar. Forma del femenino de admirador.

Where the eye mixes admirada and admiradora

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. admirada runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against admiradora's 10 (VCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
admirada
10 ch
admiradora

Why the eye confuses admirada with admiradora

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admirada is [að̞miˈɾað̞a] while admiradora is [að̞miɾaˈð̞oɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admirada is recorded at frequency rank #41,164, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞miˈɾað̞a]. admiradora is at rank #49,387, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞miɾaˈð̞oɾa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 90551, this pair ranks #2,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of admirada vs admiradora

Shared letters: adimr. Private to "admirada": -. Private to "admiradora": o.

"admirada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "admiradora" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admiradaaddmirada · adimrada · admiarda · admiraad · admiradda · admirdaa · admirrada · admmirada
  • admiradoraaddmiradora · adimradora · admiardora · admiraddora · admiradoar · admiradorra · admiradroa · admiraodra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admirada" and "admiradora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "admirada" is a participle and "admiradora" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admirada" or "admiradora" show up more?
"admirada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,164 in our Spanish list, against #49,387 for "admiradora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admirada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "admiradora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admirada" and "admiradora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admiradora vs aspiradora". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #2,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list